Egyptian Youth Escalate Hunger Strike Against Protest Law
The April 6 Youth movement announced on Wednesday that it would escalate its members' hunger strike in the upcoming days until the protest law is cancelled. In a press conference held Wednesday afternoon, Amr Ali, the movement's coordinator announced that it supported the hunger strike movement. Ali spoke of ‘the empty stomach" against the protest law which he described as "unconstitutional," demanding the release of the detainees imprisoned because of the law.